The Graveyard Sessions
So the last three nights i began playing around midnight, and finished up around 830am (first night i left at 6 since i could barely keep my eyes open, but last two i was adjusted and felt like a night owl).
this stretch is like the tunnel you walk through before a big match
Session results were as follows:
6/2
Time: 11:45pm-5:50am (play time: 5hrs 45mins)
Result:
+249
6/3
Time: 11:45pm-8:30 (Play time: 8hrs 20 mins)
Result:
+614
6/4
Time: 11:30pm-8:20am (Play time: 8hrs)
Result:
+413
As you can tell by my last few posts, the games became incredible starting around 4/5am-8am. The table I sat at two nights ago was arguably the best 1/2 game i've ever sat at. I thought it was a one time thing when my table last night was mediocre at best, then, all of a sudden 5am struck, and the addition of a few new players turned a semi weak/passive table into a full blown spewww convention.
There was just a lot of just very standard ABC value betting going on, but I also adjusted a little bit since by this time everyone was very deep, so i really opened up in position and tried to see as many pots possible. I looked for opportunities to value bet thinly, and to apply strong pressure in good spots where even the biggest of calling stations are going to have a difficult time calling off without a premium hand. everyone, even stationy donks, have a specific threshold for how far they will take a particular hand. it can shift many times in a session, but you just have to be aware of how they are playing at the current moment. obviously if someone is steaming and looking to get their stack in, that is not the best time to get creative with them.
So the biggest pot I was involved in throughout the three nights took place the second night around 5am. A table just broke and joined ours, and this was within the first half hour where i was still getting adjusted to the new players.
I limp 9
6
after a few limpers and the BB makes it 8 and we see the flop 5 ways. a few of us are over 200bb deep.
flop(40): 5
7
8
ep, a middle aged black dude that sort of looks like Wale, makes it 10, I raise to 40, and the original raiser shoves for 80. ep calls. I do my absolute best to keep my voice from squeaking as i confirm with the dealer that the betting has been reopened.
I have about 370 behind and Wale has me covered. I make it 240 total and he doesn't take long and calls. Could easily make an argument for shoving, but I really didn't want to blow him off a fd. I don't have a ton of info on him, but in the few orbits we've played, he has not folded ONCE pre or otf regardless of the action, but haven't seen him involved in any large pots.
Turn(540) 5
Not the best card in the deck but i'm obviously committed. he c/c his last 130 pretty quickly.
River(800) the beautiful 2
I flip over my hand immediately and Wale take a long hard look at my hand, his hand, back to my hand and mucks. the original raiser turns over 88s for a turned boat, but i still ship a nice pot.
only about 3 hands later i pick up A
Q
and make it 20 and Wale is the only caller.
flop(40): 9
J
K
I bet 25 and he thinks and calls. even though he is a complete calling station, if he is calling with ATC pre, there is a lot of hands that are not even going to be able to peel one off on this flop. but, like i said, I have yet to see him fold pre or otf by this point.
Turn(90): 8
checks through
River(90): T
for the nuts
he leads 60 and calls off his last 75. flip my hand over immediately and he does the same routine, which i would see many more times while playing with him. look at my hand, his hand, my hand, and muck.
last large pot i played with him. even though i've done nothing but value bet him relentlessly, he seems to try to get involved with me as much as possible. EGO
few limps and i check in the bb with 65.
flop: 66A.
I lead for 15, he makes it 30 i call. don't know why i didn't 3b here, but at the time i just felt it looked like there was a better chance he was weak and making a move since he is pretty passive and i though he was flatting all As, and definitely flatting with a 6.
Turn: 8
I lead for 50 and he calls.
River: A
so worst card in the deck, but against this opponent who is never bluff raising me, i decide i can still go for value since and b/f. i go on the smaller side of 65 and he calls and mhig and he does his usual routine.
Last big hand of this session I check my option in the sb with K
J
after a string of limpers. by this point raises of 18-20 are getting 3+ callers, so i don't want to bloat the pot oop.
flop is A
T
4
. 2 Royal flushes in the same week?!
I lead 15 and a new spot that i recently found and bum hunted yesterday calls.
Turn 2
. I run good this session. I lead 30 call.
River 2
. I shove remaining 85 and he calls and mhig.
chip stack after this. lost a few hundred since this pic getting a little too splashy with the deeper stacks again, definitely a leak.
So this session was all nice and breezy, but last nights session put me in a few more difficult situations. A few of the players were actually difficult to play against due to their aggression and wide pre flop hand selection while playing deep, but they all had the typical leaks of being way too lose pre and willing to put way to much money in the pot in marginal situations.
some of the opponets were actually level 2 thinkers who would peel lightly otf and try and put me on a hand. needless to say i had to adjust by double barreling more often since even though they were capable of peeling light otf, they hardly would ever continue ott with anything less than tp or a strong draw, so when the majority of their range is weighted towards weaker holdings, its criminal to bet flop and just check back turn and river.
EX:
Few limps and I raise OTB with QJo to 17 and get one caller in in EP. we are both 500 deep.
flop is T
6
4
and he c/c 25. this opponent is a stereotypical fish who would call this flop with many more hands than just Kx. he will call with pretty much any pair or gutshot, or even just overs like KQ since he is very passive pre and not opening lots of pots.
Turn is a 3
. he checks i bet 45 and he folds.
I've been getting absolutely zero value on my flopped sets as well. I've flopped two sets the past three sessions as the pre flop aggressor with 88s and 77s, and everyones folded otf. would much rather hit when i raise with 33s to 15 ip and someone l/rr me to 40 with a 600 stack who i cover. i love when they cbet and i fold and they flip over KKs like its the nuts. can't wait to hit and stack them. I just say nice hand and i could never put them on that bc they limped.
so one of the more interesting hands from yesterday.
same opponent who l/rr me opens to 12 and i call ip with A
T
. we are both 600 eff.
flop(25): 9
7
4
he leads 11 and i call. this is a really weak lead and i expect him to have a lot of air in his range.
Turn(45): 6
He checks and i bet 30 fully expecting him to fold, but he c/r me to 70. this guy has made some moves in previous hands, but i haven't seen a line like this yet. he does like to get creative, but i am drawing to the nuts and don't want to get blown off my hand this deep, so i flat.
River(185): 5
He makes another incredibly weak lead of 60. I make it 180 and he mucks K
Q
face up. the only hand he may look me up with at this point is if he flopped a set otf and decided to play it tricky since he saw me as very aggro. i didn't put any straights in his range ott bc he had a pretty tight opening range that also included any pp, but no SC or suited gappers.
i flip my hand over also and say i was actually good, and the table is shocked and works perfectly to get me paid off my an old man who just came in and happened to see this take place.
I'm in the BB with QTs. old man makes it 10 with 250 behind and gets 3 callers and i call.
flop is TT8r. he leads 30 and i call. I am very confident he has an over pair and isn't just barreling something like AK in 4 opponents.
turn is a Q. I lead for 75 and he calls.
river is a brick and I shove and he snap calls and mhig. He was immediately to my left and he was cursing and muttering to himself for a while after this.
chip stack right before this hand, i forgot to take one after.
Total from start of thread:
+1940
Hourly WR: $25/hr 77hrs
Current BR: $7,225
I haven't included any graphs or anything from before the start of the thread, but have had a pretty good last 200 hrs, but this is including the 1/2 games in CT that were 300 cap buy-in.